The Lauenburg-Hohnstorf Ferry (German: Trajekt Lauenburg-Hohnstorf or Lauenburg-Hohnstorfer Elb-Traject-Anstalt) was a railway ferry over the River Elbe between Hohnstorf on the left bank of the Elbe in the old Kingdom of Hanover (which became the Prussian province of Hanover in 1866) and Lauenburg in the Duchy of Lauenburg on the right bank which was then part of Denmark. From 15 March 1864 to 1 November 1878 the rail ferry linked the Lübeck–Lauenburg railway with the Lüneburg–Hohnstorf line. Both were sections of the Lübeck–Lüneburg railway.
Ferry operations
Annual traffic, 1864–1878 (- = not known)
Year
Passengers
Goods in tonnes
1864
29.662
16.421
1865
35.294
23.648
1866
30.966
22.134
1867
43.984
42.251
1868
39.317
54.822
1869
44.243
84.386
1870
26.598
102.082
1871
-
150.818
1872
-
190.709
1873
-
169.480
1874
27.357
178.611
1875
21.497
115.317
1876
21.443
134.626
1877
23.287
142.132
1878
-
-
References
The information in this article is mainly derived from:
Günther Meier (1984), Pressedienst der Bundesbahndirektion Hamburg (ed.), "Die Lauenburg-Hohnstorfer Elb-Traject-Anstalt", 100 Jahre Eisenbahndirektion Hamburg. 1884–1984 (in German), Hamburg, p. 221
Lorenz Steinke (2006), Archiv der Hansestadt Lübeck (ed.), "Die Bedeutung der Lübeck-Büchener Eisenbahn für die Wirtschaft der Region Hamburg-Lübeck in den Jahren 1851 bis 1937", Veröffentlichungen zur Geschichte der Hansestadt Lübeck (in German), vol. Reihe B Band 43, Lübeck, pp. 309–317, ISBN978-3-7950-0483-5